Hopcraft Brewing

Microbrewery in Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Owned by Pixie Spring Brewery

Established in 2012

Closed in 2019

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Pontyclun, Wales
Description
First brewed in Spring 2010 as the Wheatsheaf Inn based at Wheatsheaf Inn, High Street, Llantrisant, Pontyclun. It was originally owned by Celt Experience. In 2011 it brewed for a short time using the name Korev, before settling on the current name in Spring 2012 when it separated from Celt Experience. It moved to its current address in Spring 2013 where an 11BBL plant was used. Experimental beers are produced under the Hopcraft banner. Brewing ceased in early 2019.

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the Fox - London. Pours clear yellow with a foamy white head. Lovely juicy Southern Hemisphere hop aroma, some melon, citrus. Light sweet flavor with mild piney bitterness, lemon rind, flowers, dandelions, pee. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Nicely balanced on the finish with more juicy hops, piss, grass. Wonderful.
Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2015 at 05:27

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Keg at the Fox - London. Pours hazy gold with a frothy white head. Big juicy and pithy citrus aroma, with notes of lemon and grapefruit. Light-medium sweet flavor with some cleansing minerals, lovely pithy grapefruit, lemon rind, pale malt, faint pine. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Balanced finish with slight resin, lots more pithy citrus fruits, clean pale malts. Outstanding.
Tried on 06 Feb 2015 at 05:24

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at the Fox - London. Pours clear gold with a bubbly white head. The nose holds rindy citrus, some peel, grainy pale malts. Light to medium sweet flavor with lightly oily pine, semi-ripe orange, tangerine, lightly toasted pale malts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Decent balance on the finish, some faint piney resins, more orange, pale bread, slight minerality. Solid.
Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2015 at 05:23

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at the Fox - London. Pours clear, pale yellow with a creamy white head. Novel aroma, something like cat litter, some lemon rind, pale bread. Light sweet flavor with some lightly sugary white bread, melon, low bitterness, straw, grass. Light bodied with average carbonation. Lightly drying on the finish with further grassy bitterness, lean pale malts, faint pine needles and lemon rind. Not bad.
Tried on 06 Feb 2015 at 05:20

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Tried on 04 Feb 2015 at 07:46

6/10
Tried on 04 Feb 2015 at 07:46

8/10
Tried on 04 Feb 2015 at 07:45

8/10
Tried on 04 Feb 2015 at 07:45

6/10
Tried on 04 Feb 2015 at 07:44

8/10
Tried on 04 Feb 2015 at 07:44